44. Short Story Club: The Hunter's Wife by Anthony Doerr and wintry books to cozy up with this season

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today in Short Story Club, Chelsey and Sara are discussing “</span><a href= "https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2001/05/the-hunters-wife/302198/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Hunter’s Wife</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">”  by Anthony Doerr. This wintry, atmospheric story is absolutely absorbing and highly discussable. We talk about the beautiful writing, the unique structure, and some problematic aspects of the characters and plot. We do discuss spoilers in our Short Story Club episodes; you can find a copy of the story to read online from The Atlantic to join in and read before listening. Plus, as always, we’re recommending a few pairings that fit the atmosphere, themes, and setting of today’s short story.</span></p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The short story:</span> <a href= "https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2001/05/the-hunters-wife/302198/"> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2001/05/the-hunters-wife/302198/</span></a></p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Follow Novel Pairings on</span> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/novelpairingspod/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Instagram</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">or</span> <a href= "https://twitter.com/NovelPairings"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Twitter</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">. </span></p> <p><a href="https://libro.fm/membership/new"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Use our Libro.fm affiliate code</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">NOVELPAIRINGS</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">to get an audiobook subscription and support independent bookstores.</span></p> <p><strong><a href= "http://novelpairings.substack.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Subscribe to our weekly newsletter</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">to get updates and behind-the-scenes info.</span></strong></p> <p><strong>Books Mentioned:</strong></p> <p><a href